Isaac Julien
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Isaac Julien

Feb 21, 1960 - East End, London, England, UK

Filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien was born in 1960 in London, where he currently lives and works. His multi-screen film installations and photographs incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language. His 1989 documentary-drama exploring author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance titled Looking for Langston garnered Julien a cult following while his 1991 debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Movie1992Black and White in ColourSelf
Movie2003Lost Boundaries
Movie2024Scala!!!Self
Movie1987Reframing AIDSHimself
Movie2017Queer as ArtSelf
Movie1991Daddy and the Muscle AcademyHimself
Movie1983Gay Black GroupSelf
Movie1988This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Movie2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Movie1995Black Nations/Queer Nations?Self - Panelist

Crew

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Movie1991Young Soul RebelsDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Looking for LangstonDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Looking for LangstonScreenplayWriting
Movie2021Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosDirectorDirecting
Movie2002BaadAsssss CinemaDirectorDirecting
Movie2008DerekDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Lost BoundariesDirectorDirecting
Movie1993The AttendantDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Fantôme CreoleDirectorDirecting
Movie1996Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskDirectorDirecting
Movie2000VagabondiaDirectorDirecting
Movie1999Long Road to MazatlánDirectorDirecting
Movie1986The Passion of RemembranceDirectorDirecting
Movie2002Paradise OmerosDirectorDirecting
Movie1988This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementDirectorDirecting
Movie2022Once Again... (Statues Never Die)DirectorDirecting
Movie2022Once Again... (Statues Never Die)WriterWriting
Movie1989Dreaming RiversAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1984TerritoriesDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Portrait in Blue: Essex HemphillDirectorDirecting
Movie1993Significant (Br)otherNovelWriting
Movie2005Fantôme AfriqueDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Western Union: Small BoatsDirectorDirecting
Movie2010Ten Thousand WavesDirectorDirecting
Movie1991Young Soul RebelsWriterWriting
Movie1996Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskScreenplayWriting
Movie2004Encore II (Radioactive)DirectorDirecting
Movie2013PlaytimeDirectorDirecting
Movie2008DerekExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1992Black and White in ColourDirectorDirecting
Movie1994The Darker Side of BlackDirectorDirecting
Movie2019Lessons of the HourDirectorDirecting
Movie2004True NorthDirectorDirecting
Movie2002Paradise OmerosWriterWriting
Movie2003BaltimoreDirectorDirecting
Movie1988This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementProducerProduction
Movie201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirectorDirecting
Movie2000ThreeDirectorDirecting
Movie1986The Passion of RemembranceWriterWriting
Movie1983Who Killed Colin Roach?DirectorDirecting
Movie2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementDirectorDirecting
Movie2025Once Again... (Statues Never Die)DirectorDirecting
Movie2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementScreenplayWriting